QMI Agency

Dec 29, 2012

, Last Updated: 3:42 PM ET

Yaroslav Kosov scored his first three goals in this year's world junior tournament as Russia rolled over Germany 7-0 in preliminary round play Saturday.

Kosov's third-period hat trick, which included a shorthanded goal that wrapped up the scoring, came after the outcome was decided. Russia led the overmatched Germans 3-0 after one period and 4-0 after 40 minutes.

Nikita Kucherov, Nail Yakupov, with his first goal in 10 games over two world junior tourneys, Danil Zharkov and Albert Yarullin also scored for Russia while Andrei Vasilevski stopped 41 shots for the shutout.

German netminder Marvin Cuppar made 36 saves to keep his team within a converted touchdown of the high-flying hosts.

Sweden 5 Latvia 1

The defending world junior champs scored three times with the man advantage to down Latvia.